Ezra 2 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence Israel’s return to the Promised Land from their captivity in Babylon is considered to be a second exodus patterned after the Exodus from Egypt…

Ezra 1 Devotional by Pastor Mark Hudson This is a rather unusual book because a foreign ruler commissions Jews in Babylon to return to Jerusalem and gives them back their…

Psalm 133 by Pastor Mark Hudson In just three verses, this Psalm provides insight into one of the most fragile, most important, and not often attained attributes of any organization. …

Psalm 132 by Pastor David Groendyk This psalm reflects heavily on the covenant that God made with King David in 2 Samuel 7:6–14. Despite the first five verses focusing on…

Psalm 131 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence This is now the twelfth psalm of ascent, and this one transitions from the theme of forgiveness to that of child-like trust. A believer…

Psalm 130 by Pastor Mark Hudson Psalm 130, though a short Psalm, has been an important Psalm in music, as well as Catholic and Reformation theology.  This song of ascent…

Psalm 129 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence In another psalm of ascent for God’s people on their way to Zion, the psalmist is leading Israel to consider all that they have…

Psalm 127 by Pastor David Groendyk Who would’ve thought that the psalms could be this practical? Psalm 127 should hit home for everyone as it deals with the most foundational…

Psalm 126 Devotional by Pastor Lawrence Another Psalm of Ascent, this particular one harkens back to the return of the Jews from their Babylonian captivity. After seventy years of exile…

Psalms 125 by  Pastor Mark Hudson This psalm almost demands that we view Jerusalem from the vantage point of a person coming up to Jerusalem.  The perspective is not from…